I'm a British writer of SF and fantasy stories (mainly the former), examples of which have been published in Interzone, Postscripts, End of an Aeon, Daily Science Fiction, Nature Futures and Music for Another World, amongst others. I've seen translations of my stories in Hebrew and Polish publications. Recently I've started "reprinting" some of my published stories in ebook editions. You can find links to them here. Needless to say, I'm working on a series of novels. It's been described as being a cross between apocalyptic pulp and modern hard science fiction. I take that as a compliment. Like most writers, I adore cats. Recently, one has appointed me and my partner as its servants.

Escriptor vocacional i jubilat, ha fet cursos de conte i relat a l'escola de L'Ateneu Barcelonès, amb Isidre Grau i Maria Barbal, i a l'escola de literatura de Terrassa, amb Toritaka Tokumei 1 curs de literatura aplicada. RELATS PUBLICATS AMB DIVERSOS AUTORS Membre inicial del grup literari «Setze Petges», ha participat amb diversos relats en tres llibres que van publicar: 2005 - Setze Petges 2011 - Edició especial 2015 - Contes per menjar-se'ls Amb OrcinyPress, el 2015 publica un relat en el recull «Catalunya mítica» que actualment va per la segona edició. Amb Edicions SECC: El 2017 amb «Bestiari» el 2018 amb «Monstruari» el 2019 dos relats amb «Les cròniques del Concili Fetiller - Arcana» i el digital «Quest», el 2020 dos més amb «Cartografia del planeta Goblin (un d'ells digital)», el 2021 un a «Samaniat», el 2022 «El Cercle fetiller - recull», el 2023 «El nom de l'univers és fetiller», el 2024 «Les Cròniques del Concili Fetiller - Nexe» i el 2025 escriu un relat a «Les relíquies de kramelita» i un altre a «Fabulari II». Té publicats tres relats més en digital per a subscriptors a l'aixeta de SECC: «La dama blanca en el jardí de la jove lluminosa» el 2022, i el 2023 «Drac’oh, redemptor del foc» i «El llegat de Drac’oh» (Aquest relat també es publica al recull de la CatCon2024). També ha publicat contes o relats a: Revista INÈDITS núm. 5 (2015) Revista Catarsi de la SCCFF (diversos anys) Revista Narranación capítol VI (2021). En col·laboració amb l'il·lustrador Antoni Garcés Número especial Premi fantasia eròtica Revista Catarsi (2021) Número especial Revista Catarsi: Socis de la SCCFF (2023). Revista Freakcions núm. 10 (2024) Membre de l'extingida Associació de Relataires en Català (ARC), ha conduït del 2019 al 2024 el concurs de microrelats ARC a la Ràdio. També ha publicat en obres conjuntes de l'associació. Havia col·laborat a la revista digital de cultura «Lo Cantich». PREMIS Guanyador del III Premi Bla-bla 2013 a Vallbona de Riucorb Finalista l'any 2014 del concurs Catarsi-Star Trek, IV Concurs ARC a la Ràdio i del concurs «Neurosi de relats eròtics». Tres cops finalista dels premis ICTINEU de Ciència-ficció, fantasia i terror en la categoria de conte original en català (2013, 2015 i 2018), quedant en segon lloc les dues primeres vegades. El 2025 també en els Premis Ictineu va ser finalista en la categoria de novel·la juvenil, amb «El laberint de Noctiluca». L'any 2016 va guanyar el Premi ADCONTE d'Igualada de microrelats. El 2017 guanyà el VIII premi de microrelats negres del Centre Cultural La Bòbila de l'Hospitalet de Llobregat. El 2018 va ser finalista en el V concurs de microrelats «Sant Joan Despí Escriu». Aquest mateix 2015 s'estrena com a prologuista en el VIII recull de relats del concurs ARC de microrelats, i repeteix fent també el pròleg en el recull últim del concurs, el 2024. El 2019 li premien un relat en el; I Concurs de microrelats del festival El vi fa Sang de l'Espluga de Francolí. El 2021 queda finalista del Premi de Fantasia Eròtica Revista Catarsi de la SCCFF. El 2023 és finalista del XII Concurs de microrelats de la Microbiblioteca Esteve Paluzie. El 2024 és finalista de l'últim any del Concurs ARC de microrelats i guanyador del premi Cryptshow/El Biblionauta, el relat es publica a la revista Freakcions10. NOVEL·LES octubre 2024 «El Laberint de Noctiluca» - amb Edicions Secc. Té un parell de novel·les més al calaix i potser algun dia es publicaran. És membre de la junta a la Societat Catalana de Ciència-Ficció i Fantasia (SCCFF). Dades a juny 2025

Carme Torras (www.iri.upc.edu/people/torras) is a robotics researcher and novelist. She studied mathematics at the University of Barcelona and computer science at the University of Massachusetts, and she currently heads the Perception and Manipulation group at the Robotics Institute (CSIC-UPC) in Barcelona. A member of Academia Europaea and of the Royal Academy of Sciences and Arts of Barcelona, she writes scientific works on robotics and artificial intelligence in English and fiction in Catalan, and some of her novels and short stories have been translated into English, Spanish and Italian. Her novels Pedres de toc and Miracles perversos won the Primera Columna award and the Ferran Canyameres award to the best thriller, respectively. Her most celebrated novel, La mutació sentimental, won the Manuel de Pedrolo award and the Ictineu award to the best Catalan science-fiction novel published in 2008. This novel was translated into Spanish (2012) and has appeared in English with the title The Vestigial Heart published by MIT Press in April 2018. A member of the Catalan Society for Science Fiction and Fantasy, Carme is convinced that science fiction may play an important role in generating debate and public opinion on the social implications of our increasing interaction with robots and AI apps. Her latest novel, Enxarxats (Males Herbes, 2017), is a disturbing story about the possibilities of the Internet and the responsibilities and consequences of our constant activity within the network; and The Vestigial Heart includes an appendix with a list of ethics questions raised by the book, as well as online materials to foster debate or teach a course on the ethics of social robotics. Versió en català ————— Carme Torras (www.iri.upc.edu/people/torras) és llicenciada en matemàtiques, doctora en informàtica, i actualment és professora d'investigació a l'Institut de Robòtica del CSIC a la UPC. La seva primera novel·la, Pedres de toc, va guanyar el premi Primera Columna. La mutació sentimental va guanyar el X Premi Manuel de Pedrolo el 2007 i la seva tercera novel·la, Miracles perversos, el Premi Ferran Canyameres de Novel·la el 2011. Membre de la Societat Catalana de Ciència Ficció i Fantasia, Carme està convençuda que la ciència ficció pot tenir un paper important a l'hora de generar debat i opinió pública sobre les implicacions socials de la nostra creixent interacció amb robots i aplicacions d'Intel·ligència Artificial. La seva última novel·la, Enxarxats (Males Herbes, 2017), és una història inquietant sobre les possibilitats d'Internet i les responsabilitats i conseqüències de la nostra constant activitat a la xarxa. La traducció a l'anglès de La mutació sentimental, publicada per MIT Press amb el títol The Vestigial Heart, inclou un apèndix amb una llista de qüestions ètiques plantejades pel llibre, així com materials en línia per fomentar el debat o impartir un curs sobre l'ètica de la robòtica social i la Intel·ligència artificial.

David D. Levine is the author of novel Arabella of Mars (Tor 2016) and over fifty SF and fantasy stories. His story "Tk'Tk'Tk" won the Hugo Award, and he has been shortlisted for awards including the Hugo, Nebula, Campbell, and Sturgeon. Stories have appeared in Asimov's, Analog, F&SF, and five Year's Best anthologies as well as award-winning collection Space Magic from Wheatland Press. David is a contributor to George R. R. Martin's bestselling shared-world series Wild Cards. He is also a member of publishing cooperative Book View Cafe and of nonprofit organization Oregon Science Fiction Conventions Inc. He has narrated podcasts for Escape Pod, PodCastle, and StarShipSofa, and his video "Dr. Talon's Letter to the Editor" was a finalist for the Parsec Award. In 2010 he spent two weeks at a simulated Mars base in the Utah desert. David lives in Portland, Oregon with his wife Kate Yule. His web site is www.daviddlevine.com.

Alícia Gili (Terrassa, 1966), medievalista especialitzada en Història d’Àfrica i escriptora, és hospitalenca d’adopció i els darrers anys fa vida entre aquesta ciutat i Granyena de les Garrigues, on ha escrit la majoria de les seves novel·les. La primera, Iskander, un viatge a la màgia dels llibres (premi Ciutat de Lleida 2006), amb la qual explora un dels seus camps de treball, la ciència-ficció i la fantasia, va ser presentat a la Setmana del Llibre en Català del 2009 de Sant Cugat del Vallès. El 2010 va sortir la seva segona novel·la, premi Columna Jove, El camí del Bandama Vermell sobre els nens soldat a Costa d’Ivori. La seva darrera obra és una novel·la a quatre mans amb Carlos Castro en castellà, El camino de los ancestros. També ha participat amb un recull de relats d'Edicions Secc, on treballa d'Editora, a Històries de les Terres Albes i altres relats fantàstics, amb Coll Blanc, un relat fantàstic, centrat en el Coll Blanc medieval. A Edicions Secc, una jove editorial hospitalenca, treballa amb la difusió de la fantasia en llengua catalana.

Nienke Pool is midden 40 en moeder van 3. Als historica vertelt ze graag historische verhalen. Fictie in het verleden, heerlijk vindt ze dat. Als moeder schrijft ze graag kinderverhalen met een twist en veel fantasie. Als docent vindt ze het een uitdaging om haar YA lezer te boeien. Vorig jaar zette Pool haar eindscriptie om in Fantastisch Proza wat resulteerde in het bevreemdende Johannes 14:6. In september 2016 debuteerde Pool succesvol met het 13+ YA Fantasy verhaal "Falco en de gestolen Stympha's", een episch avonturenverhaal over moed en vriendschap. = English = Nienke Pool has completed two academic history studies at the University of Nijmegen. This reflects in a strong predilection for writing historical fiction. She has published several short stories in various magazines and anthologies in the Netherlands and has recently expanded her horizons to international publications in Belgium, the US and Poland. She’s currently trying to write her second novel, while the first novel is doing the rounds.

I wrote my first story in first grade. The narrator was an ice-cream cone in the process of being eaten. In fourth grade, I wrote my first book, about a girl who gets shipwrecked on a desert island with her faithful and heroic dog (a rip-off of both The Black Stallion and all the Lassie movies, very impressive). However, I took a few detours along the way to becoming a full-time writer. After selling my first story (Temple of Stone) while in high school, I gave in to my mother's importuning to be practical and majored in biology at Brooklyn College. I then went to Columbia Law School and practiced law for almost two years at Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, a large law firm in New York City. I kept writing and submitting in my spare time, and finally, a mere 15 years after my first short story acceptance, I am going to be a published novelist. I am very excited about this! I currently (as of the time of my writing this) have four published YA fantasy novels: Mistwood, Nightspell, Death Sworn, and Death Marked. I live in the DC area with my husband Aaron, and our children.

D. Thomas Minton writes from his home in the mountains of British Columbia, Canada, but life has given him the opportunity to live and work in many places around the world. When not writing, he helps indigenous communities across the Pacific Ocean conserve their ocean resources for future generations. His training in science and his cultural experiences often inform his humanist (and at times dystopian) science fiction. He is the author of the Calypto Cycle, a series of espionage thrillers set in an alternative 1920s eastern Europe and the middle east. The fourth book in the series, Messages from the Sand, was released in November 2019. His short fiction has appeared in Asimov's, Lightspeed Magazine, InterGalactic Medicine Show, and many other anthologies and magazines. "The Schrödinger War," which appeared in Lightspeed Magazine (Sept 2013), was a 2014 storySouth Millions Writer Notable story and his fiction has appeared on multiple year-end recommended reading lists. He is an active member of the Science Fiction Writers of America.

I am an Aussie Lass who has recently moved to the United States, and loves writing sf, fantasy, horror, humour and even dabbles in steampunk every now and then. Since my first sale to Clarkesworld, I've made over 25 story sales to professional markets around the world, including Asimov’s and Analog. In 2009 I was a finalist for the AUREALIS AWARD (Aussie) for Best SF Story, and finalist for the 2010 IGNOTUS AWARD (Spanish) for Best Foreign Short Story, as well as a 2010 CAMPBELL AWARD NOMINEE for best new writer. In 2011 I won the Best Foreign Translation ICTINEUS AWARD (Catalan) for "Soulmates", a novelette written with Mike Resnick, and first published in Asimov's Magazine. My first short story collection will be published by TICONDEROGA PRESS in 2013, and I will also be releasing an ARC MANOR Stellar Guild Series book wih the most awarded short story writer of all time, Mike Resnick, in the same year. http://www.writertopia.com/profiles/L...

F&SF writer Cat Rambo lives and writes in the Midwest. They have been shortlisted for an Endeavour Award, Locus Award, World Fantasy Award and most recently the Nebula Award. Their debut novel, BEASTS OF TABAT, appeared in 2015 from WordFire Press, the same year she co-edited AD ASTRA: THE SFWA 50TH ANNIVERSARY COOKBOOK. Forthcoming books include EXILES OF TABAT (novel, Wordfire Press) and DEVIL'S GUN (novel, Tor Macmillan). They are a former two-term President of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA) and still volunteers with the organization. They run the popular online writing school focused on fantasy and science fiction, the Rambo Academy for Wayward Writers. (academy.catrambo.com) If you would like to sign up to receive news of stories and appearances, check out their Patreon campaign at http://www.patreon.com/catrambo

Floris M. Kleijne (a pen name of Floris Kleijne) was born in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, where he began to write short stories as soon as he was able to hold a pen. After hundreds of Dutch stories, he switched over to the English language in 2003, promptly sold his first story in that language, and went on to win the acclaimed Writers of the Future contest with his third, the SF novelette Meeting the Sculptor (published in L. Ron Hubbard Presents: Writers of the Future 21 ). Since then he has sold about forty science fiction, fantasy, horror, and suspense stories to magazines across the globe, judged the Harland Awards (the Dutch equivalent of the Writers of the Future contest) twice, edited a Dutch anthology of speculative fiction ( Millennium ), and had his own Dutch translations of his award-winning stories Mashup and Meeting the Sculptor (as Ontmoeting met Vormgever published by Uitgeverij LINK. In 2020, his Dutch thriller career took off with the appearance of suspense/horror story Wiegelied in Veronica Magazine's lifestyle glossy The Guide. He's signed with the major Dutch publishing house Meulenhoff Boekerij, and his first novel, the thriller Klaverblad, is slated to appear in February of 2021. Kleijne lives in a centuries-old farm house in the Dutch river district, with a lovely wife, two cheerful sons, and thousands of books.

ESPAÑOL: Sordo postlocutivo y mejor persona, ha sido varias cosas a lo largo de su vida desde que se licenció en filología inglesa, entre ellas: actor, traductor, diseñador, administrativo en un almacén de mercancías peligrosas, militante en bandas de punk y parado de larga duración. Últimamente se le ve escribiendo ficción especulativa y sus relatos han aparecido en revistas como "Maelstrom", "SuperSonic" o "Clash" y en antologías como "Ilustrofobia" (Underbrain), "La bruma" (Escuela de Fantasía) o "Històries de les Terres Albes" (Edicions SECC). También se dedica a ser editor en Orciny Press, donde traduce y hace de todo. Ha sido miembro del consejo editorial de la revista "Catarsi" y organiza eventos relacionados con los géneros fantásticos tanto virtuales como en el mundo real. En 2016 ganó el premio Ictineu al mejor relato fantástico escrito en catalán. CATALÀ: Sord postlocutiu i millor persona, ha sigut vàries coses al llarg de la seva vida des que es va llicenciar en filologia anglesa, entre d’altres: actor, traductor, dissenyador, administratiu en un magatzem de mercaderies perilloses, militant a bandes de punk i aturat de llarga duració. Últimament se’l pot veure escrivint ficció especulativa i els seus relats han aparegut a revistes com "Maelstrom", "SuperSonic" o "Clash" i a antologies como "Ilustrofobia" (Underbrain), "La bruma" (Escuela de Fantasía) o"Històries de les Terres Albes" (Edicions SECC). També es dedica a ser editor a Orciny Press, a on tradueix i fa de tot. Ha estat membre del consell editorial de la revista "Catarsi" i organitza esdeveniments relacionats amb els gèneres fantàstics tant virtuals com al món real. El 2016 va guanyar el premi Ictineu al millor relat fantàstic escrit en català. ENGLISH: Hard of hearing but still a nice guy. He has done many different things since he got his BA in English, among them: actor, translator, designer, clerk at a dangerous goods warehouse, punk rocker and long time unemployed. He has been seen writing speculative fiction lately and some of his short stories appeared in magazines such as "Maelstrom", "SuperSonic" and "Clash" or "Ilustrofobia" (Underbrain), "La bruma" (Escuela de Fantasía) or "Històries de les Terres Albes" (Edicions SECC) anthologies. He is also an editor/publisher/translator at Orciny Press. He was a member of the editorial staff of "Catarsi" magazine and he organizes events related to science fiction and fantasy both online and in real life. In 2016 he won the Ictineu award for the best fantasy short story written in Catalan.

Born in the Year of the Dragon, Vonnie Winslow Crist has had a life-long interest in reading, writing, art, myth, fairytales, folklore, and legends. Having been a night person since infancy, she is also quite fond of stars, moonlight, forests, owls, and other creatures of the darkness. After attending Perry Hall Elementary, Parkville Junior High, and Perry Hall High, she earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Art Education from Towson University. She married, then raised three children, did freelance illustrating and writing, and taught poetry for the Maryland State Arts Council’s Artists in Education Program. Thirty years after graduating from Towson, she returned to her alma mater and earned a Masters in Professional Writing. A firm believer that the world around us is filled with miracles, mystery, and magic, Vonnie still sees fairies amidst the trees, mermaids on jetties, and ghosts and goblins of all sorts in the shadows. Her garden overflows with herbs and statues of animals. Toadstool rings sprout regularly on her lawn. And she's found so many four-leafed clovers that she keeps them in a jar. Vonnie invites bookstores, book groups, science fiction and fantasy cons, book festivals, teachers, home schoolers, writing groups, faerie festivals, and interested readers to contact her via her website: http://vonniewinslowcrist.com or blog: http://vonniewinslowcrist.wordpress.com or Facebook Author's Page: http://tinyurl.com/Fb-Vonnie-Winslow-... for appearances, signings, school visits, interviews, and workshops.

Salvador Macip, MD, is a doctor, researcher and writer who has been working in the field of oncological research since 1998. He spent almost ten years in New York. He is presently senior lecturer in the Department of Molecular and Cell Biology at the University of Leicester, United Kingdom where he leads a research group on cancer and aging. He is living with his wife and son. He has published novels, stories, reportage, popular science and children's books. He is a member of the Association of Catalan Language Writers (AELC).

Simon Kewin is a fantasy and sci/fi writer, author of the Cloven Land fantasy trilogy, cyberpunk thriller The Genehunter , steampunk Gormenghast saga Engn , the Triple Stars sci/fi trilogy and the Office of the Witchfinder General books, published by Elsewhen Press. He's the author of several short story collections, with his shorter fiction appearing in Analog, Nature and over a hundred other magazines. He is currently doing an MA in creative writing while writing at least three novels simultaneously.

Jacob Sager Weinstein's work has appeared in The New Yorker and The Onion, and he has written for HBO and the BBC as well. He lives in London with his wife and children. His latest book is HOW TO REMEMBER EVERYTHING: TIPS AND TRICKS OF THE MEMORY MASTERS.